2008 Setanta Sports Cup

Setanta Sports Cup 2008 Northern IrelandRepublic of Ireland 8 Cork City (1st title) Glentoran 27 72 2007 2009–10 The 2008 Setanta Sports Cup was the 4th staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, a cross-border cup competition featuring football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played on November 1, 2008, at Turners Cross in Cork. Group stage The draw for this round was held 17 January 2008. The matches were played 26 February 2008 – 23 September 2008. Teams that progressed to the Semi-Finals are indicated in bold type. Teams eliminated from the Setanta Sports Cup this stage are indicated in italics. Group 1 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsIRL Drogheda Utd6420133+1014IRL Cork City6420112+914NIR Cliftonville6114611-54NIR Dungannon Swifts6015317-141 26 February 2008 Drogheda United 3 – 2 (Report) Cliftonville Zayed 40, 86 Baker 74 Murphy 57 M Holland 87 United Park, Drogheda Northern Ireland David Malcolm 26 February 2008 Dungannon Swifts 0 – 2 (Report) Cork City O'Callaghan 16, 40 Stangmore Park, Dungannon Northern Ireland Alan Black 18 March 2008 Cork City 0 – 0 (Report) Drogheda United Turners Cross, Cork IRL Dave McKeon 18 March 2008 Cliftonville 0 – 0 (Report) Dungannon Swifts Solitude, Belfast 14 April 2008 Cork City 2 – 0 (Report) Cliftonville O'Flynn 68 Mooney 75 Turners Cross, Cork IRL Declan Hanney 14 April 2008 Dungannon Swifts 0 – 4 (Report) Drogheda United Grant 4 Gartland 35 McMinn 63 og O'Brien 85 Stangmore Park, Dungannon NIR Brian Turkington 1 September 2008 Cliftonville 0 – 2 https://archive.today/20130217185155/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0901/cork_cliftonville.html (Report) Cork City Behan 38, 75 Donegal Celtic Park, Belfast NIR Alan Black 1 September 2008 Drogheda United 3 – 0 (Report) Dungannon Swifts Hughes 28 Zayed 76 Cahill 88 United Park, Drogheda IRL Damien Hancock 15 September 2008 Drogheda United 1 – 1 (Report) Cork City Tambouras 50 Murphy 44 United Park, Drogheda IRL Dave McKeon 15 September 2008 Dungannon Swifts 2 – 4 Cliftonville Adamson 8 Baker 47 Patterson 2 Hamill 34, 61 McMullan 80 Stangmore Park, Dungannon 22 September 2008 Cliftonville 0 – 2 Drogheda United Zayed 30 Hughes 54 Donegal Celtic Park, Belfast 22 September 2008 Cork City 4 – 1 Dungannon Swifts Murphy 23 Kearney 39 Behan 63 pen Ryan 70 McGerrigan 55 Turners Cross, Cork Group 2 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsIRL Derry City6411104+613NIR Glentoran6222101008NIR Linfield6213812-47IRL St Patrick's Athletic612368-25 10 March 2008 Linfield 3 – 1 (Report) Derry City Delaney 23 og Thompson 40 Ferguson 86 pen Martyn 79 Windsor Park, Belfast 3,000 (approx) IRL Dave McKeon 10 March 2008 St Patrick's Athletic 3 – 3 (Report) Glentoran O'Neill 20, 89 Fahey 90 Halliday 5 Nixon 72 pen Fordyce 85 Richmond Park, Dublin 1,500 (approx.) 7 April 2008 Glentoran 1 – 3 (Report) Linfield Boyce 8 McAreavey 32, 49 Dickson 69 The Oval, Belfast 4,000 (approx.) 7 April 2008 Derry City 2 – 0 (Report) St Patrick's Athletic Martyn 37 Brennan 47 (o.g.) The Brandywell, Derry 15 April 2008 Glentoran 1 – 1 (Report) Derry City Nixon 70 Sammon 50 pen The Oval, Belfast NIR Mark Courtney 15 April 2008 St Patrick's Athletic 2 – 0 (Report) Linfield Quigley 7 O'Neill 76 Richmond Park, Dublin 5,300 IRL Alan Kelly 2 September 2008 Derry City 2 – 0 (Report) Glentoran Higgins 35 Farren 84 The Brandywell, Derry IRL Ian Stokes 2 September 2008 Linfield 1 – 1 https://archive.today/20130218070131/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0902/stpats_linfield.html (Report) St Patrick's Athletic Mulgrew 89 Fahey 40 Windsor Park, Belfast 15 September 2008 Linfield 1 – 4 (Report) Glentoran Garrett 7 Gardiner 3 pen Boyce 27 Halliday 53, 68 Windsor Park, Belfast 15 September 2008 St Patrick's Athletic 0 – 1 (Report) Derry City McHugh 33 Richmond Park, Dublin IRL Anthony Buttimer 6 October 2008 Derry City 3 – 0 (Report) Linfield Farren 23, 63, 84 The Brandywell, Derry 6 October 2008 Glentoran 1 – 0 (Report) St Patrick's Athletic Fordyce 6 The Oval, Belfast Semi-finals The draw for the semi-finals was made by drawing the winners of Group A against the runners-up of Group 2 and vice versa, with group winners having home advantage. Glentoran beat Drogheda United 1–0 in the first semi-final, which was played at United Park in Drogheda,http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/1013/drogheda_glentoran.html Drogheda United 0-1 Glentoran RTÉ Sport 7 March 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090602210003/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/1013/drogheda_glentoran.html 2 June 2009 while Cork City overcame Derry City by the same scoreline at the Brandywell Stadium in Derry.http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/1014/derry_cork.html Derry City 0-1 Cork City RTÉ Sport 7 March 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090602203847/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/1014/derry_cork.html 2 June 2009 13 October 2008 Drogheda United 0 – 1 (Report) Glentoran Hill 3 Leeman 0 74 Hill 0 89 United Park, Drogheda 14 October 2008 Derry City 0 – 1 (Report) Cork City Kiely 67 The Brandywell, Derry 3,000 NIR David Malcolm Final The final took place on November 1, 2008, at Turners Cross stadium in front of 5,500, a sell out crowd, in Cork, where Cork City came from behind to beat Glentoran 2-1 and win the competition for the first time.http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/1101/setantacup.html Cork City 2-1 Glentoran RTÉ Sport 7 March 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090602203852/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/1101/setantacup.html 2 June 2009 1 November 2008 Cork City 2 – 1 (Report) Glentoran Murray 57 Kearney 74 Kyle Neill 12 Turners Cross, Cork 5,500 IRL Ian Stokes Winner of 2008 Setanta Sports CupIRL Cork City1st Title Goalscorers 4 goals IRL Mark Farren (Derry City) LBY Éamon Zayed (Drogheda United) 3 goals IRL Denis Behan (Cork City) NIR Daryl Fordyce (Glentoran) NIR Michael Halliday (Glentoran) IRL Gary O'Neill (St Patrick's Athletic) 2 goals 22em NIR Darren Boyce (Glentoran) IRL Keith Fahey (St Patrick's Athletic) NIR Rory Hamill (Cliftonville) AUS Adam Hughes (Drogheda United) IRL Ciarán Martyn (Derry City) NIR Paul McAreavey (Linfield) IRL Darren Murphy (Cork City) NIR Colin Nixon (Glentoran) IRL George O'Callaghan (Cork City) 1 goal 22em NIR Timmy Adamson (Dungannon Swifts) NIR Aaron Baker (Dungannon Swifts) IRL Richie Baker (Drogheda United) IRL Killian Brennan (Derry City) IRL Ollie Cahill (Drogheda United) NIR Mark Dickson (Linfield) NIR Glenn Ferguson (Linfield) NIR Grant Gardiner (Glentoran) NIR Robert Garrett (Linfield) IRL Graham Gartland (Drogheda United) IRL Tony Grant (Drogheda United) NIR Ruaidhri Higgins (Derry City) NIR Jason Hill (Glentoran) NIR Mark Holland (Cliftonville) IRL Liam Kearney (Cork City) IRL Timmy Kiely (Cork City) NIR Shea McGerrigan (Dungannon Swifts) IRL Kevin McHugh (Derry City) NIR George McMullan (Cliftonville) IRL Dave Mooney (Cork City) NIR Jamie Mulgrew (Linfield) NIR Francis Murphy (Cliftonville) ENG Dan Murray (Cork City) IRL Declan O'Brien (Drogheda United) IRL John O'Flynn (Cork City) NIR Mark Patterson (Cliftonville) IRL Mark Quigley (St Patrick's Athletic) IRL Darragh Ryan (Cork City) IRL Conor Sammon (Derry City) AUS John Tambouras (Drogheda United) NIR Peter Thompson (Linfield) 1 own goal IRL Clive Delaney (Derry City) NIR Adam McMinn (Dungannon Swifts) References External links Official Setanta Cup Site 2008 1 Category:2007–08 in Northern Ireland association football cups Category:2008–09 in Northern Ireland association football cups